Arthur J. Sills was born in Brooklyn, New
York on October 19, 1917. His family moved
to Perth Amboy in 1921, where he attended
the public schools and was graduated from
Perth Amboy High School in 1934. He earned
his Bachelor of Arts Degree at Rutgers University
in 1938 and his law degree at Harvard University
in 1941. Sills was associated with the law
offices of David T. Wilentz from 1941 to 1950.
From 1950 until 1962, he was a partner in
the Perth Amboy law firm of Wilentz, Goldman,
Spitzer & Sills.

Sills was nominated by Governor Richard J.
Hughes for the position of state Attorney
General on Inauguration Day, January 16, 1962.
The nomination was confirmed by the New Jersey
Senate and Sills took the oath of office later
the same day.